How LLNL launched ‘The Age of Ignition’ at NIF
How did LLNL make history at the National Ignition Facility by achieving fusion ignition on Dec. 5, 2022?
Our special expanded report, The Age of Ignition, explains how this was accomplished, how it helps strengthen national security, and what it means for science and energy.
The Power of Partnerships: How LLNL Laser Technology is Transforming Industrial Manufacturing
Jan. 10, 2025-
Research done by LLNL’s laser science and technology program in the late 1990s is an example of how LLNL’s mission-focused work advancing national security can lead to technology spin-offs with commercial importance through the Lab’s Innovation and Partnerships Office.
LLNL Selected to Lead Next-Gen Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Research
Dec. 23, 2024-
The Department of Energy has selected a new research partnership led by LLNL that aims to lay the groundwork for the next evolution of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, centered around a Lab-developed system dubbed the BAT laser.
A Look Back at the First Inertial Confinement Fusion Experiment in 1974
Dec. 20, 2024-
Fifty years ago in December 1974, LLNL’s inertial confinement fusion program blasted a glass ball so tiny it was hardly visible to the human eye. The experiment was small, but the result was enormous.
John H. Nuckolls Receives Enrico Fermi Presidential Award
Dec. 19, 2024-
The Biden-Harris Administration has recognized former LLNL Director John Nuckolls with the Enrico Fermi Award for "seminal leadership in inertial confinement fusion and high energy density physics."
The Fire That Powers the Universe: Harnessing Inertial Fusion Energy
Dec. 1, 2024-
It was a laser shot for the ages. By achieving fusion ignition on December 5, 2022, LLNL proved that recreating the “fire” that fuels the sun and the stars inside a laboratory on Earth was indeed scientifically possible.
LLNL Researchers Explore Next-Gen 3D Printing to Harness Fusion Energy
Nov. 14, 2024-
Advanced 3D printing offers one potential solution to bridging the science and technology gaps presented in manufacturing inertial confinement fusion targets. 3D-printed targets have been successfully used during two NIF experiments in 2024.
Meet NIF&PS: Mechanical Engineer Eddie Jimenez
Nov. 12, 2024-
For many LLNL employees like Eddie Jimenez, working at the Lab is a dream fulfilled. Jimenez is a senior mechanical engineer in the Engineering directorate, matrixed to NIF&PS.
LLNL's Scientific Expertise Highlighted at Plasma Physics Meeting
Nov. 6, 2024-
The breadth and depth of scientific research conducted at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was on full display at the 2024 meeting of the American Physical Society’s Division of Plasma Physics, held Oct. 7-11 in Atlanta.
